This new creation replaces Marenbon's best-selling variants Early Medieval Philosophy (1983) and Later Medieval Philosophy (1987) to provide a unmarried authoritative and accomplished research of the interval. It offers a lucid and interesting account of the historical past of philosophy within the heart a long time, discussing the most writers and concepts, the social and highbrow contexts, and the real techniques utilized in medieval philosophy.

Wagner used to be one of many few significant composers who studied philosophy heavily. Bryan Magee areas the composer's creative improvement within the context of the philosophy of his age, and offers us the 1st specific and finished learn of the shut hyperlinks among Wagner and the philosophers - from the pre-Marxist socialists to Feuerbach and Schopenhauer.